Innocent kids pay a heavy price

6:26 PM,
Dec. 18, 2012

Written by

Angela Etter
Having Her Say

Like a lot of people, I've been nervously watching the calendar, counting down the days before Christmas, knowing it will arrive before I am ready. Now, with Christmas less than a week away, stores are packed with last-minute shoppers, trees are up and decorated and Christmas baking is in overdrive.

With all these things in mind, I prepared this past Friday to write this column. Memories of past Christmases swirled through my head as I thought about my topic for the week. As I sat down, I switched on one of the cable news channels, where I heard there had been a school shooting in Connecticut. It ...